Wang Dingliu, the Living Hag of Hell (Kassenba Ôteiroku), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden hyakuhachinin no uchi). First edition of the woodcut.
Edo period. Color woodcut mounted on board. 155 x 225 mm. ... Japanese, Edo period...
From the collection of
Betty Lark-Horovitz (1894-1995) was an accomplished graphic artist. She was commissioned to do etchings of several buildings at Purdue University in 1930. There were only 100 sets, each numbered and signed by the artist. That same year her engraved views of American cities and views With graver and woodblock over American Highways, was published. ( New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1930.) She was a master of both architectural views as well as views of flora.
Betty was the wife of Dr. Karl Lark-Horovitz who was the head of the Department of Physics at Purdue from 1929 to the 1950s. After his death in 1958, she moved to Berkeley, CA.
Ref. Edan Milton Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940," Third Edition, p. 547
Provenance: From the estate of tBetty Lark-Horovitz. Item #16-3913
Price: $300.00